The Valley's Early Newspapers

 

A rough index of which papers existed in the Susquehanna Valley, where to find them [when possible], followed by a timeline of notes on when they started, consolidated, gained new ownership , etc. This is another post that is mostly for my own research, and yet another that will be constantly updated.

Facebook Album Of Newspapers & Their Archives

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Local Newspapers By Town:

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Benton

• The Benton Argus 1910-1969

Bloomsburg

• Columbia County Republican: 1857-1915 (complete 1875-94, 1901-02, 1914 - at Bloomsburg University)
• The Campaign 1866
• Bloomsburg Daily: 1892-1904, 1906-08 (complete February 1892 - February 1902 at Bloomsburg University)
• Daily Mail: August 1908 - January 1909
• Democrat 1866- 
• Democratic Sentinel: 1872-1912 (complete 1885, 1890-91, April 1901 - June 1910 at Bloomsburg University)

Catawissa 

• Catawissa News Item 1878-1925
• Catawissa News Item 1925-1930 

Danville

• Danville American
• Danville Democrat
• Danville Morning News
• Danville Watchman Danville Watchman
• 1822 is on Newspapers.com
• 1821 [1 issue] through 1828 is on Newspaper Archive 
• The Republican Press 1821-1823
• Montour American 
• 1866-1920 Free
  
  

Laporte:

• The Sullivan Republican 1883-1893

Lewisburg

• Saturday News
• Housewife's Delight, the Saturday News Cookbook
• The Woodpecker
• The Lewisburg Chronicle And The West Branch Farmer
• on Newspaper Archives
• on Newspapers.com under The Lewisburg Chronicle.
• 1849 is available here, free
• 1850 here 
• 1850-1859 
• Union Star & Chronicle1859 -1864 
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McEwensville

• The Intelligencer 1851-1852

Middleburg

• Post 1870-1903
• 1883-1916 is available free
  
  

Mifflinburg

• Mifflinburg Telegraph 1862- Present
• Union County Press 1859- 

Milton

• The Milton Economist -1889
• The States Advocate "The Second Paper To Be Published In Milton"
• The Milton Argus
• The Miltonian 1816- Founded by Gen. Henry Frick [Newspapers.com]
• West Branch Farmer - Milton, before 1836.  Montgomery Sweeney editor.
• Milton Evening Standard - 1891
• Milton Morning Bulletin - 1914
• States Advocate

Millville

• Millville Weekly Tablet
• Millville MarketerMillville Marketer1947-1948
• The Millville Reporter 1949-1950
  
  

Montgomery

• The Montgomery Mirror

Montoursville

Muncy

• Luminary

New Berlin

• German Paper From 1824-1831
  
• Union County Sun 1857 -
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Northumberland

• Argus
• Columbian Gazette & Republican Advertiser 
• 13 page issue from 1813
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Selinsgrove

• Post (Moved To Middleburg)
• Times
• Tribune

Sunbury

• The Sunbury American
• The Sunbury American and Shamokin Journal can be found under the Sunbury Gazette Archive listings at Newspapers.com.  
• Sunbury American can also be found at newspaper archives 
• 1840-1848 is available free
• 1848-1879 free
  
• Sunbury Daily Item 
• Searchable At Union County Libraries

Watsontown

• The Watsontown Record
• The Watsontown Star 
• The Watsontown Record & Star (Merged in 1884) [Microfiche is stored & accessible at the Milton Public Library]
• 1907 Anniversary Edition

Williamsport

Williamsport Newspapers can be read online for free through the James V. Brown Digital Archives - https://jvbrownpublic.advantage-preservation.com/

• Grit 1907-1983
• Daily Gazette & Bulletin 1869-1909
• The Williamsport Sun 1900-1922
• Gazette & Bulletin 1901-1922
• Sunday Grit 1884-1990

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Fourteen County Newspapers in 1885

(From the Miltonian)

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In 1929, The Mifflinburg Telegraph, Milton Miltonian, and Montgomery Mirror newspapers were all printed in Mifflinburg, in the Keystone Telegraph Press building.

According to Grady's article about the Press:

"Some tourist named Mifflinburg, "Spotless town" because of its clean appearance, neat looking homes, all shining with paint, well kept lawns and clean streets and alley's. The name sticks, as it deserves to." https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2024/04/keystone-telegraph-press-home-of.html

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https://pa-gov.libguides.com/pennsylvania_newspapers

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By Date:

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1826, Feb 23 - States Advocate, the second newspaper to be published at Milton, started by William Tween and Elin H. Kincaid

1852, Jan 29 - American Intelligencer of McEwensville and later of Milton, suspended publication

1853, Jan 6 - Robert M. & Henry Frick became editors of the Miltonian, founded by their father General Henry Frick in 1816

1854, Jan 6 - John Robbins purchased the Miltonian

1857, Feb 15 - Union County Sun started at New Berlin by F. Smith Esq

1859 - Union County Press started at Mifflinburg by F. Smith

1864, Jan 13 - The Danville American and Danville Democrat Consolidated

1866, Feb 24 - Bloomsburg Democrat began publication

1867, Jan 8 - Selinsgrove Post moved to Middleburg by Jerry Crouse, Editor

1868, Jan 23 - Northumberland County Herald, a temperance paper, established in Milton

1884, Jan 5 - The Record & Star of Watsontown merged into one paper

1889, Feb 24 - William P Hastings resigned editorship of the Milton Economist and moved back to his Virginia Plantation

1889, Mar 1 - Milton Argus Daily and Weekly first published in the plant of the Milton Economist by W.H. Smith

1891, Feb 7 - Milton Evening Standard started by Wm. Penn Hastings

1911, Jan 11 - J.A. Fegley, a Lewisburg Stationer, was found guilty of selling The Woodpecker, containing libel on Hon. B.K. Focht, of the Lewisburg Saturday News

1914, Feb 28 - The Milton Morning Bulletin Suspended Publication